Chicano theatre dates back to 1598 and is one of the larger categories of Spanish theatre. The major locations of Chicano theatre were mostly located in San Fransisco and Los Angeles. Railroads helped with keeping local theatre alive and going. Most of their plays were about adopting into the new world they were in and the father of Chicano theatre is Luis Valdéz who made a movement in which farmers strike during the Civil Rights movement. He wrote actos like Zoot Suit to show how Chicanos viewed their world. Cuban-American theatre started from melodramas from the immigrant communities in NYC and Miami. The funds they made from theatre usually went back to their people to help with the independence of Cuba from Spain. The most recent flourish in Cuban theatre came from the Cuban revolution in 1959. Most of the Cuban refugees wrote plays in Spanish and were concerned with Fidel Castro's skepticism. With future generations who were educated, they wrong in Spanglish. Hispanic theatre is the general theatre of both of these two. The population mostly consisting of Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. From this group came Chicano and Cuban-American theatre. This is their history. The Hispanic theatre focused mostly on religious plays and performed most on days like Easter, but they broke into groups after interruptions with different traditional values.